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Wednesday 9 September 2020

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Baltreacy Handicap Hurdle (80-109) (Div 1)

Off time: 14:16 | Winning time: 5m 28.03s

Abyssinian^b,t⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁷⁾| T: J R Barry| OR: 109

20/1

Form: 2000-7

Kagney²⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Lambe| OR: 107| D

33/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2016. 18/1, seventh of 10 in novice chase at Tramore (21.4f, good) 27 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 583-5P7

Wooster^t¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D F O'Regan| T: N C Kelly| OR: 107

66/1

33/1, tenth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Bellewstown (20.2f, heavy) 15 days ago. Looks out of sorts.

Form: 45108-0

Supreme Vinnie^t³⁵

Age: 11| Weight: 11-11| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: Miss D O'Shea| OR: 106| C| D

14/1

Unreliable type. Fifteen runs since last win in 2018. Eighth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (20.2f, good, 33/1) 35 days ago. Might be sharper for the run but this is a big ask.

Form: UPR40-8

Whenurgoodurgood⁴⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: C J Orr⁽⁵⁾| T: N Slevin| OR: 106| D

9/1

Eighth of 12 in novice chase (18/1) at Tramore (21f, good to soft) on debut over fences 46 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 1569-68

Elegant Lass^t²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 105

5/1

2 wins from 3 runs this season. Career best when winning 11-runner handicap hurdle (7/2) at Tramore (16f, good to soft) 26 days ago, just holding on. Up in trip. On the upgrade recently.

Form: P59-121

Chase End Charlie²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr O McGill⁽⁷⁾| T: Gary McGill| OR: 103| D

40/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2017. 40/1, seventh of 10 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (20.8f, good) 21 days ago, well positioned. Needs another step in the right direction.

Form: 764P-87

Whereyounow^b³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Sean Flanagan| T: R Sweeney| OR: 103| D

4/1

9/1 and blinkered for 1st time, creditable fourth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Cork (19.6f, good to soft) 38 days ago. One to consider.

Form: 1/4666-4

So Near So Farhh^p³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: A W Short| T: C A McBratney| OR: 100

11/1

Winner in hurdle at Down Royal in January. 11/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, only sixth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan 39 days ago. Shaped well on penultimate outing, so not dismissed.

Form: 0165-36

Some Can Sing¹⁹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: K J Brouder| T: D M Christie| OR: 97

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 66/1, below form twelfth of 20 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (18.1f, heavy). Off 6 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 44790-

Castle Canny¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽³⁾| T: B R Hamilton| OR: 94

14/1

Eighth of 10 in handicap hurdle (10/1) at Down Royal (24.4f, soft) 12 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 7F4P-68

Take A Punt³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Walsh| OR: 94

20/1

10/1, below form eighth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (16.3f, good) 30 days ago. Up in trip. Overall profile is uninspiring.

Form: 050/06-8

Patrick Joseph^b⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: C P McNamara⁽⁵⁾| T: D Broad| OR: 91

28/1

Blinkers on for 1st time in this code, below form sixth of 10 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good, 50/1) 9 days ago. Yet to fire this season.

Form: 823-F06

Wild Desire²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: Adam Williams⁽⁷⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 90

20/1

20/1, below form 36 lengths sixth of 11 to Elegant Lass in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 317-766

Central Court¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-7| J: Donagh Meyler| T: K Thornton| OR: 88

66/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (25/1) at Kilbeggan (18.2f, soft) 19 days ago. Seems limited.

Form: P5P/08P

Dragon's Pass²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: B Browne⁽³⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 92

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, eighth of 12 in handicap (66/1) at Roscommon (12f, heavy) 22 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Needs to do more.

Form: 7007-7

Lightsider^p¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: J S McGarvey| T: P Roche| OR: 91

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, respectable seventh of 14 in handicap hurdle (25/1) at Ballinrobe (17.4f, good to soft) 16 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 000-07

Mezyan^p1³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: Brian Hayes| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 87

4/1

50/1, ninth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good) 31 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Very hard to make a case for. RESERVE.

Form: 00-90P9

Non-Runners

In A Pinch³⁰⁷

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: S Slevin J: J J Slevin

Natural Breeze²⁴

Weight: 10-3| Age: 5

T: P J Rothwell J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Mezyan (4/1), Whereyounow (4/1), Elegant Lass (5/1), Some Can Sing (9/1), Whenurgoodurgood (9/1), So Near So Farhh (11/1), In A Pinch (12/1), Natural Breeze (12/1), Supreme Vinnie (14/1), Dragon's Pass (14/1), Castle Canny (14/1), Wild Desire (20/1), Abyssinian (20/1), Take A Punt (20/1), Lightsider (22/1), Patrick Joseph (28/1), Kagney (33/1), Chase End Charlie (40/1), Central Court (66/1), Wooster (66/1)

ELEGANT LASS is a straightforward mare who is going the right way, so she's a fairly obvious choice to land this decidedly weak handicap hurdle having scored at Tramore last month. Most of the others are easy to dismiss but Wheryounow returned from 10 months off with an excellent fourth at Cork and, should he step up on that, could cause the selections some problems.